קָרָה (qārâ) is a Hebrew verb meaning encounter. It appears 27 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7136).

Also rendered

• lay the beams of
• to meet

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2068e)

Root family 2068: קָרָה qārâ — encounter, meet, befall, happen, build with beams

• קִרְיָה qiryâ — town
• מִקְרֶה miqreh — accident
• קְרִי qĕrî — opposition
• קוֹרָה qôrâ — rafter
• קֶרֶת qeret — town
• קָרֶה qāreh — chance
• מְקָרֶה mĕqāreh — beam-work

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